THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM: A DEFENSE OF THE TWO-SOURCE/FOUR-SOURCE APPROACH
INTRODUCTION The Synoptic Problem, which addresses “how Matthew, Mark, and Luke agree, yet disagree, in three areas: content, wording, and order”[1] has perplexed scholars for many years. Present in this realm of study are multiple solutions to the problem; however there is little agreement being found. For years, the Synoptics textual data has been…